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43 No.III/6-P. Prague, 23 July 1943. To the va 71 Mr. Reichsprotector in Böhmenfund Mähnen 0 Office of the Secretary of State in bey in P r a g. En 2. AUG. 1943 Bet Subject: dBeschverde des Albert Benz,Prague. Reference: Decree of 19.7.1943-St.5. XI A- 18 j/42. On appeal II of the Albert Benz of 3.7.19943, I am not referring to the following: Albert Benz, on behalf of his son Albrecht Benz, who was born in America, was sent to Prague with Prau Hanna K a u l, Dresden, the auction salon Margarete Schlosser, at Zeltnergasse 13. The reasons set out in the transcript of the Secret State Police, State Police Headquarters of Prague of 17.8.1942 No.82l/41-II E- Supplement A/, led to the revocation of the abjudication permit. When Albert Benz ran this joint company, he personally rented from the owner the premises used by the locksmith and the adjacent rooms and rented some of these rooms to the Benz and Kaul company represented by him.Benz expressly admitted that he was doing this in order to strengthen his position vis-à-vis the shareholder Kaul, with whom he lived in constant enmity.The partner Kaul contradicted these procedures, which depended on the joint Benz company, which is outside of which a competitor in Herrengasse runs a competition business. A number of disputes and litigations were linked to this process.The then trustee Dr.P.W e t z 1 - not Mrs. Kaul- demanded that Patzer, who at the time supervised the trustees, and not me, clarify this matter.Patzer, by letter of 4.3.l943, declared the Benz's contract to be invalid because he considered that Benz had no right to conclude this lease and that his conduct was contrary to the principles of good faith. It is true that I warned the lawyer of the Benz (Benz called him in the complaint as the common acquaintance), Et..NM-127a/43